LBY4641223: An Art Nouveau building, 50 Courts Leopold in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle). In Nancy, Art Nouveau takes the name of Ecole de Nancy, or Alliance provincial des industries d'art, thanks in particular to the emblematic figure of Emile Galle. Glassware, furniture, stained glass, ceramics, leather, ironwork, architecture, etc. participate in this vast movement of renovation of decorative arts that still marks the city today. / Bridgeman Images
LBY4648660: Mont Saint Michel in the Channel. On a rocky island amidst huge strikes subject to the going and coming of powerful marees, at the border between Normandy and Brittany, s'elevent the wonder of the West, a Benedictine abbey of Gothic style dedicated to the Archangel Saint Michel, and the village is not sheltered from its walls. The construction of the abbey, which continued from the 11th to the 16th centuries, adapting to a very difficult natural site, was a technical and artistic tour de force. / Bridgeman Images
LBY4650497: La Cite des Popes, in Avignon (Vaucluse). In 1309, under Pope Clement V (ex archeveque of Bordeaux), Avignon became the residence of the popes, already possessing the countat Venaissin. In total, nine popes, including two schismatics, will succeed in the Popes' Palace and enrich it throughout the pontificates. Both fortress and palace, the papal residence was built between 1334 and 1363. For nearly a century it will be the seat of the Christian of the West. Seven popes and two anti popes succeeded. / Bridgeman Images